Telegram-herald., 1887-08-14

on the water about zJU yaros or pa ana ss1r.
gesieo that Il would not be a bad pinn % inn
press the NATIVES With 8 sessse ~ our newer
Dl shooting some ~ them n possible This
unioc1llF enough. struck Us ns q good idea.
ana accordingiy we AZ once got out our eirht
bore rifles. for which we s.lli had a few
cartridges LEFT aud prepared for sct.oa
iiefe were four OF the animalf---a blg bull n
COW, and two Young opcs. one three parts
grown We Fot Up 20 them without din
Guilty, the great animals coutcnfsor them
selves with sinking down into the water and
rising again few yards fsrthcf on. indeed-
their excessive tsmencss sfrucs nae ns being
peculiar y ben the advsncfrr ir,ats were
about 500 yards away f.r Henry opaned ahe
BAN by firing al the three part crown vouna
one. The heavy bullet struck if f1if i,r, .ye-r
the eyes Gnd crashing THROUGH The sk,.lf.
killed II. and IL sank. leaving "a long train al
blood behind a.. Al the same moment
fired az sbe COW and Good 81 the old huh
hy shot took effect. bat not fatally. and
down went toe hippopotsmus With a pro-
cigious spiashing, only 10 rise crain pres
endy blowing AM gTunting fur0usly. dye
ing al the watar round ber crimson vbet Z
killed her With the LEFT barrel Good. who
is an execTable shot missed the bead of the
bull altogether. the bullet merely cuttsnx
The ride q his face - II passed On giaDo-
irg uP after bad fired my second slot. I
perceived that the people We lad fallen
among were evilet1v iyiorant - ga. rature
q fire arms. FOR toe CONSERVATION os,izsd bv
our shots. and their effect upon the animals.
was prodigious. Some q the pag1lss in Che
boats began 70 err ont with fer. others
turned and maze 81 a. hard Is they could.
and even the old gentleman ~ith the ~-ord
looked puzzled AMI Hlnrnrf. and halted hi,
big rovboat We had. q rrever. but little
time for observation. for iuz then fs,s old
bail. rendered furious by ths wound be had
received. rose fair within forty wards n us.
gisflng ssraSsly. We sil fred and hif him
in various pisces. and down hr vent. badly
wounded CURIOSITY nov began e. overcous
the fear - the onlooiers and some of them
sailed ar up close - us. among fhss. baing
The Flsn ard woman whom s-e bad lfef saeu
o couple - boufs ~ e. before ~ drew up
almost al9nfrds Just fhpn the great brute
rose again within tn yards - tlsif ,8af and
instantly with = roar - fUrr made - II ur,eu
moutbed The woman ahf1eked and fl,e man
tried = give the boat 1sy. but without sue
cess. j. another second ssw fhs bng. red
isws-ard cleaning irOries cio<e .sltil = crunch
or the frall c-sft tsi,iHf an srIoTrrotfs mouth
fDi ont of it, side ard capsiziug 81 Down
vent the boat leaving o. occupauis strug-
CLING IN the water Kexf rnef1rr1 f,efor. We
cDuie Do snythlne toward saving ti,eu.. the
hnge and furio1s cserfure ~.s ~, nynip and
making open rri0ufhed af the poor qi-f. who
va ttruge ng in toe water Lifting my
rife jrst a. tls grinding jaws were ehouf 90
close ~ hef. ftsf cvsr hssd right down the
hppopotsnrfs throat Over bs wsus snd
cornfDefsusa turing roun5 sr6 rourd. snorf-
i1F snd blowing 80 streams ~ bio~.d through
his pcsfflls. Before - coei6 recover tirssss<.
hoTsrrf. - Eiru have TIE other tsrrej IN
e.. sids - The firoet. and filat Finishes rim
he neTfr r1oVea ~ r.rugeled again hrrt m
sfentlF srrk OR nevf e0ofi -as dir~,4sa
toward ~srirg t''s f-fl fhs nssr ha~frr%ru,o
of toward sncaseT brat. snd n tiss 90
vere fort'iiinteif .sie eszial. pulling her into
ths caro- fsulll tif s1e1ris - 10 sr.~sst<,--s
eoneioeraiilf erhaestea sDs ffigstss,-1 tus
eteer-ss- ausurt